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Translingual
Han character
矮 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人大竹木女 (OKHDV), four-corner 82444, composition ⿰矢委)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 825, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23995
- Dae Jaweon: page 1238, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2585, character 7
- Unihan data for U+77EE
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qraːlʔ): semantic 矢 + phonetic 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngai3
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ai2
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): ā̤
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): e3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5a
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ǎi
- Zhuyin: ㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ǎi
- Wade–Giles: ai3
- Yale: ǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae
- Palladius: ай (aj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ngai3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngaai
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋai⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ai2
- Yale: ái
- Cantonese Pinyin: ai2
- Guangdong Romanization: ei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
- Hakka Romanization System: aiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ai3
- Sinological IPA: /ai̯³¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ā̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɛ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: e3
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: â̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /e⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: e3
- Sinological IPA (key): /e³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é
- Tâi-lô: é
- Phofsit Daibuun: ea
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan): /e⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ái
- Tâi-lô: ái
- Phofsit Daibuun: ae
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ai⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁵⁵⁴/
Note:
- óe/é - vernacular;
- ái - literary.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: 'eaX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qraːlʔ/
Definitions
矮
- (of stature) short
- low (of less than normal height)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else)
Synonyms
See also
Compounds
- 低矮 (dī'ǎi)
- 白矮星 (bái'ǎixīng)
- 矬矮
- 矮了半截
- 矮人 (ǎirén)
- 矮人一截
- 矮人族
- 矮人看場 / 矮人看场
- 矮人看戲 / 矮人看戏
- 矮人觀場 / 矮人观场 (ǎirénguānchǎng)
- 矮仔
- 矮仔財 / 矮仔财
- 矮個 / 矮个 (ǎigè)
- 矮個兒 / 矮个儿 (ǎigèr)
- 矮個子 / 矮个子 (ǎigèzi)
- 矮冬瓜 (ǎidōngguā)
- 矮凳 (ǎidèng)
- 矮化 (ǎihuà)
- 矮囝
- 矮垛垛
- 矮墩墩 (ǎidūndūn)
- 矮奴
- 矮子 (ǎizi)
- 矮子看戲 / 矮子看戏 (ǎizikànxì)
- 矮子觀場 / 矮子观场
- 矮小 (ǎixiǎo)
- 矮小精悍
- 矮屋
- 矮巴溜丟 / 矮巴溜丢
- 矮星 (ǎixīng)
- 矮牆 / 矮墙
- 矮牆淺屋 / 矮墙浅屋
- 矮矬 (ǎicuó)
- 矮矬子
- 矮矬矬
- 矮篤篤 / 矮笃笃
- 矮紙 / 矮纸
- 矮胖 (ǎipàng)
- 矮行星 (ǎixíngxīng)
- 矮趴趴
- 矮陋
- 矮靈祭 / 矮灵祭
- 矮黃 / 矮黄
- 矲矮 / 𰦜矮
- 觀場矮人 / 观场矮人
- 說矮話 / 说矮话
- 鄙矮
- 高矮 (gāo'ǎi)
References
- “矮”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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矮
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Korean
Hanja
矮 • (wae) (hangeul 왜, McCune–Reischauer wae, Yale way)
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